From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 26 04:23:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72BC216A4DD for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:23:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xj2106@columbia.edu) Received: from serrano.cc.columbia.edu (serrano.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.29.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA3B43D46 for ; Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:23:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from xj2106@columbia.edu) Received: from photon.homelinux.org (dyn-carl-201-40.dyn.columbia.edu [160.39.201.40]) (user=xj2106 mech=PLAIN bits=0) by serrano.cc.columbia.edu (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6Q4NR5J022529 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:23:28 -0400 (EDT) To: Cy Schubert References: <200607252335.k6PNZumq023842@cwsys.cwsent.com> From: Xiao-Yong Jin Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:23:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200607252335.k6PNZumq023842@cwsys.cwsent.com> (Cy Schubert's message of "Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:35:56 -0700") Message-ID: <878xmhuh8g.fsf@photon.homelinux.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-No-Spam-Score: Local X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.48 on 128.59.29.6 Cc: Gary Kline , Don Wilde , freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Making FreeBSD More Lean/Efficient On Older Laptop... X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:23:38 -0000 Cy Schubert writes: > In message <20060725200518.GA53427@thought.org>, Gary Kline writes: >> On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 02:01:42PM -0500, Don Wilde wrote: >> > On 7/25/06, Julian Stecklina wrote: >> > > >> > >Eric Anderson writes: >> > > >> > >> On 07/25/06 13:06, Richard Arends wrote: >> > >>> On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 01:59:28PM -0400, DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI wrote: >> > >>> Daniel, >> > >>> >> > >>>> I have FreeBSD 6.1 running on an IBM ThinkPad 600e, 64 MB RAM, PII 366 >> > >>>> MHZ. I have Gnome installed, and would like to "trim the fat" to get >> > >it >> > >>>> to run as fast and efficiently as possible. >> > >>> Drop Gnome! >> > >>> >> > >> >> > >> I was just thinking the same thing! >> > >> >> > >> There's a lot of other window manglers out there that are more >> > >> efficient than gnome. >> > > >> > >XFCE tries to be light-weight, yet full-featured. If a desktop manager >> > >is not needed, I would recommend a blackbox-like WM or WindowMaker. I >> > >also like wmii, but that's a matter of personal taste. >> > >> > >> > >> > I have always found that the original FVWM, v 1.24, is the leanest and most >> > easily configurable WM out there. I've used it on anything from 486SX to >> > P-4, and it does the job. My only complaint is that the maximize buttons >> > don't quite work. However, the ease of making menus and things like that >> > make it really shine in a lot of 'lean machine' apps. >> >> >> Is FVWM Gnome and KDE complient? > > Fvwm2 is ICCCM 2.0 compliant (should work under Gnome and KDE). I > use it under Gnome 2.14. One day when I have the time and space I > may install KDE on a machine to see how well Fvwm2 works in that > environment. > I would recommend wmii. Those are really the people who know how to work efficiently with a window manager. > > -- > Cheers, > Cy Schubert > Web: http://www.komquats.com and http://www.bcbodybuilder.com > FreeBSD UNIX: Web: http://www.FreeBSD.org > BC Government: > > "Lift long enough and I believe arrogance is replaced by > humility and fear by courage and selfishness by generosity > and rudeness by compassion and caring." > -- Dave Draper > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > -- Xiao-Yong